Celine's A New Day... on IMAX，One Night Only™ on December 17th

[Edwin]

Jeez, sounds like it could have been much better. And no extra footage that could only be seen in theatres? Kinda makes me glad I didn't make that long trip now.

[Koolan]

The theater isn't even sold out, there were many empty seats in the front. Where is the advertising? there were no posters, flyers or anything of that sort to be found inside.

 

It's weird to see most of the audience are in the 20s-30s. There were maybe a handful of older folks.

[SarahJB5]

The theater isn't even sold out, there were many empty seats in the front. Where is the advertising? there were no posters, flyers or anything of that sort to be found inside.

 

It's weird to see most of the audience are in the 20s-30s. There were maybe a handful of older folks.

 

I did see a preview when I saw August Rush in LA, that was exciting, even though I didn't get to see it because I didn't get home from LA until 6:45pm, oh well! I'm just glad I can watch the dvd whenever I want!

[remykyes]

That was the way it was here! Also, the color setting was good, but definitely not high quality like the show needs it to be. I too was sort of ticked off that there was no message from Celine and no extra 15 minutes extras. FALSE ADVERTISING!!!! Oh well. It was nice though to see Celine on the big screen. Although, the sound at the theater was NOT what the show needed. It was surround sound, but they had it on some weird configuration. Overall, I'm gonna give the showing here in my town a 14/20 (C-). The breakdown: 10/10 (A+) for showing Celine!!! 4/10 (F) for everything else.

[CelineFreak]

I just got back from my showing. There were probably about 20 - 25 people in the whole theater! (we were the youngest ones, mid twenties) It was quite a bummer turn out. My friend and I wondered if the other theater they were showing it at here was more packed. We'll never know. The stupid theater started the show 5 minutes early with the lights still on! Then 20 seconds into it, after the glass breaks, they restart it! Again... the lights didn't go down until a couple minutes later. That ruined the opening. THANKS A LOT! We didn't have problems with the sound however. And no extra footage either.

 

But I have to say...the show was phenomenal. Now I really wish i had made that trip to Vegas. I found it a little irritating, the way they edited the concert, The camera moved around SO MUCH that you could never get a good idea of what was going on on the stage at one time. As the show was designed to be seen as a WHOLE...not bits and pieces, like this dancer here, and that dancer there and then Celine down there and now she's over there, seeing only fractions of the LED screen. I guess that's the downside of not actually being there. I also wish we had more of Celine chatting. The concert felt a little rushed just going from song to song with very little dialogue.

 

Regardless, Celine looked absolutely gorgeous and sounded amazing. I can't wait to watch it again to reprocess everything.

 

My favorite: Seduces Me

[Cambroneroj]

Im completely disappointed with the picture quality and sound, i get more out of my HIGH DEF TV and my BOSE surround sound that at the theater, it sucked , felt like someone forgot to push the surround sound button, horrible horrible , the picture was soo dark you could hardly see the dancer faces and the audience. It really sucked . I bought 15 tickets and i almost want to ask for my money back. Bad bad bad . Anyway my friends liked it at least. Now im going to bed

[celinesbabeinchrist]

I was very disappointed because I called ahead to ask what it was going to be and they said that it was her LAST show from Vegas. I asked and they kept saying yes it's her last show. Then it turns out to be the DVD. I was very dissapointed because I was told different. Also, because no one else clapped. It was a very fast concert in my opinion. it seemed like not even a hour.

[Koolan]

Yeah, the lights didn't dim until like the second or third song, also the projector wasn't calibrated correctly...you can't see Celine walking down the stairs on ANDHC.

[changepas39]

It was great! Even though it was the same as the DVD it was wonderful to see Celine on the big screen and see so many people there!

[anghil5]

It was neat to see Celine on the big screen. I was happy w/the turn out where I was; because it is such a small town that I live in. I was just happy they had it playing at all. There were posters at the theater and in the newspaper. It was maybe half full. I just loved it!

[CelineFreak]

Yeah, the lights didn't dim until like the second or third song, also the projector wasn't calibrated correctly...you can't see Celine walking down the stairs on ANDHC.

 

 

now THAT would have really pissed me off. You know, its a one night only event...you'd think for that reason alone they could try not to screw it up...

[CelineFreak]

I was very disappointed because I called ahead to ask what it was going to be and they said that it was her LAST show from Vegas. I asked and they kept saying yes it's her last show. Then it turns out to be the DVD. I was very dissapointed because I was told different.

 

 

I think the reason people thought this, and especially people quite removed from the source as theater workers would be, is because the event description was so confusing as it mixed information of Celine's final show in vegas with the premiere of the show in theaters. It really made it sound like the last show was going to be shown in theaters. Unless you sit there and analyze the whole paragraph, that would be your first assumption. So shame on the marketers for coming up with this unclear statement...oh and a televised commercial for the event would have been nice.

 

Through all the griping, I'm still glad I got to see Celine on the big screen.

[Alex_Incognito]

Well, I was excited, no doubt.

 

I arrived and saw that the theatre had done no promotion. Bummer.

 

It was in Theatre #11 and the show was nearly full, my friends and I were among some of the youngest. Most of the people were 60+ in age!

 

When the screen flickered, the runner accidentally showed that the feature was a DISH NETWORK feature, and we watched them click the options.

 

It opened with a promo for the tour, showing footage of the AND DVD and the "Taking Chances" music video

The show was awesome and my friends loved it. Celine is so amazing. I was very proud!

 

So, old people and one hot Celine. I had a great time.

[CelineFanInSoCal]

I just got back from my area's viewing. I'm in San Diego, CA, and our theatre was SOLD OUT! :0) I had purchased 6 tickets for myself and some friends, but not all could attend.

 

Sounds like we had some of the same issues others did. The lights in the theatre didn't dim until she was already onstage and half way through ANDHC.

 

AND the sound was AWFUL! I was just about to get up and go talk to someone, when I heard someone on a walkie talkie behind me [during the first few notes of TPOL] and low and behold, someone flipped the right switch, and the whole theatre was filled with the sound of Celine as she sang "The feeling that I can't go on, is light years away!!!!" Perfect timing, I guess, but it was a bad start.

 

It was still awesome to see a theatre full of interested folks. I talked to some people around me.. a few just found the website while they were just online looking at random stuff.

 

Any other fans in San Diego?!?!

[windinmountain]

Just back from the show! It was awsome! Celine rocks!

[smw]

I attended my viewing here in Birmingham, AL. It was an okay experience. Due to lack of promotion, I was surprised to see that it was over 3/4's full. So that was nice. A pretty good range of people - mostly couples and older people. A few kids and a few teenagers.

 

Yeah - the lights didn't go out till halfway thru ANDHC, then came BACK ON during TPOL. The sound stayed awful the entire time. I was really upset about that. The main reason I wanted to see it on the big screen was with surround sound.

 

But the people in the thr seemed really impressed. Everyone stayed thru the long bow and a lot of people stayed thru the credits.

[raluceli]

I don't know about what happened in other theaters but at Irvine CA screening was awesome!

There was no ads for the show in the theater and not even the people who work there didn't really know much about the show when I bought my tickets but when I got there it was almost packed. I didn't even think that someone would even show up...I can't really judge the sound or image quality because I sat in the third row and it was kind of blurry but the atmosphere was great!! People were singing along with Celine, they were laughing and applauding...some of them even came wearing A New Day shirts! I don't know but it really felt that the whole night was for Celine ...because every time I talk about Celine people don't seem to like her or they are like whateva and now they come to see her is just so...it made me happy

It was a lovely evening!

[Thecolourofmylove]

My theatre was packed. Did anyone stay till the VERY end of the opening credits?? My theatre was showing it off of a computer! You could see the windows bar at the bottom! Still, GREAT show.

 

They didn't lower the lights till the middle of 'A new Day...', it was NOT in HD, there wasn't any special footage, AND I booted FishDaddy's all over the parking lot before going in, but overall, GREAT NIGHT out with my family!

[remykyes]

I stayed until after the credits ended expecting the extra 15 minutes of unseen footage, but was only given a screen promoting the DVD was now in stores. I was so ticked!!! Oh well! Also, about the color, that's usually how it's going to be with a HD show like this. The reason: the projector. On a TV or laptop, the image is coming thru the screen, not being projected, so the color is better. And looking from most of the reviews, so is the sound!

[ByuSmurf]

Well, my experience seemed to be about the same as everyone elses. The theatre was packed - SOLD OUT! It was advertised here on the radio, but I really wasn't expecting that many people! I'm from a really SMALL town and they showed it in the SMALLEST theatre in the house, but still, it Sold Out! :woot: Generally an OLDER crowd... a LOT OLDER than me! :sofuuny: All the Céline fans came out of the closet!!

 

I was disappointed in several ways:

It was the same as the DVD - No BONUS footage

The tickets were $12.50 EACH (Each person could have bought the DVD for this price!)

The sound system SUCKED!

The video was NOT HD!

The theatre was FREEZING! Thank God I had on three layers!

The promo announced that the tickets for the Taking Chances Tour would go on sale NEXT week! LOL!!!

The poor guy in front of me got all excited... I told him that they went on sale over a month ago and he'd be lucky to get 2 tickets for under $500 now.

 

I was a spoiler .... I sang aloud with EVERY song and waved my arms in the air and swayed during BYLM and PQTME. I got all my friends to memorize the "If I Could" Speech! LOL!! Which we practiced LOUDLY before the movie and again when Céline said it! My friends and I had a blast despite the lethargic crowd.

It was great to see Céline LARGER than life and about the ONLY thing that revived the audience was Céline shaking her booty in RDMH, when everyone got a good laugh!! And even though the theatre was cold... I STILL got chills and goosebumps during the "I Surrender" performance! I LOVE THAT SONG!!

One last thing... NO ONE left the theatre until after ALL the credits were finished!

I found that weird... or maybe they were hoping, like me, that there would be bonus footage, too!

Well, that's it for my review.

Edited December 18, 2007 at 02:39 PM by ByuSmurf

[kathyc25]

geez...sounds like it was pretty lame for everyone

I went with Vic actually and eventhough it was fun to see Celine on the big screen, everything else kinda sucked like Vic said. The sound was terrible...they didn`t turn the lights down ( I wonder if they were told to do that everywhere for effect? ), the theatre was only half full...I wish it was in an IMAX theatre. Oh well.

[Thecolourofmylove]

I really had high hopes. We just had an IMAX concert live with Garth Brooks and everything was perfect! Rene should do something about it, like fire the promoting company for furture theatre projects.

[nystrele]

Yup, like the other new yorkers here, the occasion turned out to be a spectacle for all the wrong reasons... first, NEW YORK CITY CAN'T SELL OUT a tiny theater for the celine showing?? i was stunned... second, and most disturbing, the sound was a mess for the first three songs. there was only one speaker on the front left, which sounded like an AM radio. finally i got up and went to the entrance of the theater, where the manager was already having it out with a very unpleasant (read: snippy!) customer... i started barking a bit, as well, asking what was going on, where was the sound, why didn't they stop until they had it fixed. he explained that it was a satellite feed and it couldn't be stopped.

 

meanwhile, as we've already read, the lights in the theater were still up... FINALLY, the right speaker came on and the volume was raised, but the theater was lame: no surround sound...

 

the audience also treated the event like a movie, barely responding, clapping only a few times... i finally gave up to responding as if it were a live action occasion, though i insisted on applauding after "i surrender" and "MHWGO."

 

finally, i felt pretty duped that we were simply watching the DVD show. yes, it was great to see celine on the big screen, but it would have been a lot more fun had the audience actually been breathing... and full... so that it felt like a shared time.

 

overall, i give the night a C. sigh...

hugs,

=chuck=

[DianaLuts]

Where I went, they started playing it at 7 PM!!!!!!!!!! WITH the lights on. So they played 4 songs and then realized it was early and stopped playing it. At 7:30 PM they restarted and could not shut the light off for good 15-20 seconds. And they were playing it off the PC as well, you could see them clicking with a mouse to play the DVD. The sound could have been better. The theater was 75% full and EVERYONE stayed thru the last bow and majority thru the final credits. noone clapped but everyone had a great smile on their faces leaving the theater. They were even singing MHWGO in the bathroom! Edited December 18, 2007 at 05:06 PM by DianaLuts

[Celine's Rose]

My mom and I went to the screening in Vegas last night. It had the same issues as everyone else is describing. The sound sounded like it was only coming out of the front speakers (Mono sound?). The screen was also way too dark. Now, I haven't watched the DVD yet (because I am having knee surgery in 3 hours so I plan to watch it as I get better) but I really hope that it isn't that dark. I went to the DVD screening in the Colosseum on the 11th and everything from the sound and lighting, to the picture color was perfect. I hope this is what the DVD is really like. The theater in Vegas was pretty much full. I didn't notice when I walked in, but on the way out, I saw a lot of the dancers. I stopped to talk with some of them and they said that it was very cool to be able to see themselves on the screen at the movies.

[Shaun]

LOL. Sounds like a farce.

[nystrele]

My mom and I went to the screening in Vegas last night. It had the same issues as everyone else is describing. The sound sounded like it was only coming out of the front speakers (Mono sound?). The screen was also way too dark. Now, I haven't watched the DVD yet (because I am having knee surgery in 3 hours so I plan to watch it as I get better) but I really hope that it isn't that dark. I went to the DVD screening in the Colosseum on the 11th and everything from the sound and lighting, to the picture color was perfect. I hope this is what the DVD is really like. The theater in Vegas was pretty much full. I didn't notice when I walked in, but on the way out, I saw a lot of the dancers. I stopped to talk with some of them and they said that it was very cool to be able to see themselves on the screen at the movies.

trust me, the DVD is STUNNING! you will not be disappointed.

[mebe]

My god, what a shame! From what I read on here, I think i prefer to watch the DVD on my TV...the only problem is that I dont have the DVD yet!!!! it's still nowhere to be found in Montreal!!

[dlh1]

OMG everyone!!!! Stop moaning. Atleast you got to see it in the USA!, we didn't get anything like that in the UK. You guys in USA actually live in the same country that the show took place, we had to travel 11,000 miles to see the show, and they still only showed the DVD to theatres in the USA.

[peo]

OMG everyone!!!! Stop moaning. Atleast you got to see it in the USA!, we didn't get anything like that in the UK. You guys in USA actually live in the same country that the show took place, we had to travel 11,000 miles to see the show, and they still only showed the DVD to theatres in the USA.

 

 

 

I'm sorry to say this also, but its true.